Nora Ephron is one of those screenwriters that seems to enjoy placing her scripts around the holidays. Sleepless in Seattle begins with Jonah’s Christmas Eve radio talk show call. You’ve Got Mail details Kathleen’s final holiday season with her bookstore. Mixed Nuts takes place almost exclusively on Christmas Eve, and When Harry Met Sally…’s climax takes place on New Year’s Eve. Ephron has written extensively on her affection for the season and its traditions, so this year the Dryden has decided to dedicate part of its holiday screenings to Ephron and her films, perhaps creating new traditions to take part in.
Dates and Titles:
December 5: You’ve Got Mail (Nora Ephron, US 1998, 119 min., 35mm)
December 12 (2 p.m.): You’ve Got Mail (Nora Ephron, US 1998, 119 min., 35mm)
December 19: Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron, US 1993, 105 min., 35mm)
December 22: Mixed Nuts (Nora Ephron, US 1994, 97 min., 35mm)
December 26 (2 p.m.): Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron, US 1993, 105 min., 35mm)
December 31: When Harry Met Sally… (Rob Reiner, US 1989, 95 min., DCP)
Events in this Series
You've Got Mail (35mm)
Nora Ephron’s Holidays Nora Ephron’s updating of The Shop Around the Corner takes us into the early days of e-mail and message boards. Instead of writing anonymous letters to each other through the mail, small business comes into conflict with corporate culture via AOL chat rooms.
Matinee: You've Got Mail (35mm)
Nora Ephron’s Holidays Nora Ephron’s updating of The Shop Around the Corner takes us into the early days of e-mail and message boards. Instead of writing anonymous letters to each other through the mail, small business comes into conflict with corporate culture via AOL chat rooms.
Sleepless in Seattle (35mm)
Nora Ephron’s Holidays One Christmas Eve, eighteen months after his mother’s death, young Jonah (Ross Malinger) calls radio advice show You and Your Feelings because his Christmas wish is to help his father, Sam (Tom Hanks), find happiness again.
Mixed Nuts (35mm)
Nora Ephron’s Holidays Nora Ephron’s dark humor (as evidenced in the novel and screenplay for Heartburn) comes out full-force in this comedy set at a suicide prevention hotline on Christmas Eve. The staff of “Lifesavers” needs almost as much help as their clients.
Matinee: Sleepless in Seattle (35mm)
Nora Ephron’s Holidays One Christmas Eve, eighteen months after his mother’s death, young Jonah (Ross Malinger) calls radio advice show You and Your Feelings because his Christmas wish is to help his father, Sam (Tom Hanks), find happiness again.
When Harry Met Sally... (DCP)
Nora Ephron’s Holidays “I’ll have what she’s having ….” The deli scene has become such an iconic moment in popular American film that it’s easy to overlook the smart, bittersweet romantic comedy that surrounds it.